MRS. CHANTEL AND MRS. AKOSUA NYAMEKYE vs. ANDREWS KOI AND MR. BATMAN MR. EBENEZER OWUSU ASANTE [2010]DLCA4638

MRS. CHANTEL AND MRS. AKOSUA NYAMEKYE vs. ANDREWS KOI AND MR. BATMAN MR. EBENE... [2010]DLCA4638

Date	2010-02-18
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/184/2009
Citation No.	[2010]DLCA4638

KUSI-APPIAH J.A. (PRESIDING)

IRIS BROWN (MRS.) J.A.

ADUAMAH OSEI J.A.

MR. ROBERTSON KPATSA FOR THE DEFENDANTS & CO-DEFENDANT/ APPELLANTS

MR. ENOCH AMAH ANDOH FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS

[2010]DLCA4638
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS. CHANTEL
AND MRS. AKOSUA NYAMEKYE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINITFFS/ RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ANDREWS KOI
AND MR. BATMAN<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>MR. EBENEZER OWUSU ASANTE <o:p></o:p>(C0-DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/184/2009&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 18TH FEBRUARY, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
ROBERTSON KPATSA FOR THE DEFENDANTS &amp; CO-DEFENDANT/ APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
ENOCH AMAH ANDOH FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KUSI-APPIAH
J.A. (PRESIDING), IRIS BROWN (MRS.) J.A., ADUAMAH OSEI J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>KUSI-APPIAH,
J.A.: This appeal is from the decision of the High Court,
Accra given on 27th February 2008 per K. A. Acquaye J. (as he then
was) by which the learned Judge entered judgment for the plaintiffs/respondents
(hereinafter called the plaintiffs) against the defendants and
co-defendant/appellants (hereinafter called the defendants) and decreed title
in the disputed land in the plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The case of the plaintiffs as
gathered from their pleadings and evidence at the trial, given by Solomon Owusu
Tabiri who represented the plaintiffs by a power of attorney was that, on or
about 16th day of July 2004, they obtained a 99-year lease to the
land in dispute from the Nungua Stool, represented by Numo Borketey Laweh, the
Gborbu Wulumo of Nungua acting with the consent and concurrence of the
principal members of the Nungua Stool.&nbsp;
The said lease executed in favour of the plaintiffs was tendered in
evidence as Exhibit “J”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiffs’ attorney testified
that after the acquisition, the plaintiffs went into immediate occupation and
possession of the land and erected two structures and put a caretaker thereon.&nbsp; But in October 2004, the 1st
defendant demolished the said structures without regard to any due
process.&nbsp; He said after the demolition,
he found the co-defendant on the land and challenged his right to be on the
land. According to the plaintiffs, the 1st defendant traced his root
of title to the land in dispute on the assignment from the African-American
Estate Developers Limited and contended that after the said assignment he (the
1st defendant) also assigned a portion of his interest in the land
to the co-defendant herein.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On 20th May, 2005, the
plaintiffs therefore brought an action against the defendants jointly and
severally for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>